Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,686, Abraham Fonda, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Fonda, Abraham
NUMBER
S. 10.686
carded
CONTENTS

Abraham Houda
20297
$1.12 3/4
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page)

Resident in the town of Broad albin in the County of Montgomery, and that David D. Becker, who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town, and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Fonda, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 20th September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson

No. 116 New York Abraham Fonda of Montgomery in the State of New York, who was a Private in the Comp. command. by Captain Russell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pratt in the New York line for 17 months and 28 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 76 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Nov 1833 and settled V. D. Ferguson Johnstown
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '37 $191.05 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M '34 38.21 $229.26
Revolutionary Claim, dated June 7, 1832. To C. Stiles
Recorded by Clerk, Book E Vol. 1. Page 100

Letter to J. Fleming Esq. Aug 26. 34 " " G. D. Ferguson Esq. " " " " " Mr. J. Bovee - April 21. 1837 " " " " Mar 30 " " same 25 May 1840 cannot be found in " " Hon. J. Sanford March 7 p' 43 " " G. T. Bates - May 19 1843 " " Hon. C. Ellis Apr. 3. 1844 cannot be found in " " do do May 30 - 44 cannot be found in

State of New York
Montgomery County 3 d fs. On this nineteenth day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared before me  in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County  now sitting Abraham Londa a resident of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery & State of New York aged Seventy Three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That he resided in the town of Boonville in the State of New York during the revolutionary war and when he ended said service as here in stated. That in the year 1777 in the month of June he was ordered into the service of the United States or was told that he must Vermont. That he did volunteer or term out and was in service till the month of July. was out four weeks - went to Fort Edward & Fort George - Elijah Root Captain Isaac Goffe Jacob Van Kamp was ensign does not recollect any other company officers - Col. Braft commanded the regiment. Major Van Richten belonged to said regiment - In the year 1778 in the month of June was ordered out & volunteered to go into said service and remained in said service till October being four months when he was discharged. went to Fort Edward at this time - Thomas Brown was Captain Jacob Van Kamp & Edward Londa was first & second Lieutenants & Garmelick Nels Ensign. Col. Peter Yates Lieutenant Col. Van Ruyssdael & Major John W. Groesbeck commanded regiment to which company belonged. In the year 1779 in the month of June volunteered to go into service continued in said service till the month of November in said year went to Fort Edward Palmentown served four months this year. In this
28. 4- Capt Brown

In the year 1780 volunteered to go with said service and was out from the Spring of the year then the Month of May this year till some time in November. That during said time he came home and staid a part of said time, that he held himself in constant readiness to return to the Company and said service when required. Thinks he was in actual service this year four months  was at Fort Edward & then continued in its vicinity after it was moved or more. In the year 1781 volunteered and went into service about the Month of July or before and was in service with some exceptions till the month of November. he might have been out of service at home this season about a month from the July till  was at Fort Edward & then continued in its vicinity after it was moved November. In the year 1782 was out in the first part of season about two months to the best of his remembrance belief and recollection; and he further saith that from the year 1778 till 1782 he was in the Company commanded by said Thomas Brown Jacob Van Kamp & Eldred Tread as first & second Lieutenants & the said Waldes as ensign. That he has staid his services expressed to the best of his recollection and belief. That the said Company continued attached to the same regiment as it did in the 1778. & that the said Regiment was still as he thinks commanded by the same field officers that it was commanded in 1778. Of this he will not be positive but that there might have been some change. That he recoded with in a short distance of the Country and was in where the Indians toros and British assembled for the purpose of plundering and Massacring the people. That it was necessary for their own self pres- ervation that they should at all times be in constant readiness to go with service when the

inhabitants were not in actual service. That when the Northern lines were free from force the Canadians & Indians during the war were in the habit of constantly annoying the inhabitants and the only safety was in garrisoning the Forts to North which were not more than 20 or 30 miles from his place of residence. This regard that almost every man should be constantly in service.
That he has no documentary evidence of his service that he was born in the town of Waterford in the County of Albany in the State of New York on the eleventh day of September in the year 1759 has no other record of his age than what is contained in a family bible now belonging to Mrs. Ballumbake. That he lived in said town of Boon until he was called into service. That after the revolutionary war he lived in Easton in Washington County New York that afterwards he removed to Broadalbin aforesaid where he now lives and where he has lived more than thirty years. That while in the service aforesaid he attended seeing Major Oates at Fort George in the year 1777.
General Schuyler commanded at Fort Edward in 1777 said not down with any Continental regiments or companies in particular as the object of the Militia who had volunteered from the country was to guard & protect it from the enemy and they were dispersed, by force and moved from place to place as was required. Never received any discharge in writing. That he is known to David Lake & Samuel Brown the Revd William Groom persons who reside in his neighborhood and can testify to his character for truth and veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. That he knows no person who can testify to his services.

reputed to have been in the Revolutionary War
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 20th Sept. 1832.
William Groom
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.
We David D. Barker & William Groom a clergymen both residing in Broadwell in Montgomery County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Groom who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be twenty three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Wm Groom David D. Barker
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 20th September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he stated. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that William Groom who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen

20297
Abraham Fonda Montgomery Co. New York
Admitted Private 17 mo 28 days
George D. Ferguson Johnstown New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Abraham Londa Montgomery  Co N.Y.
   Period of service. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. June 1777 28 pr Capt Ruple Col Bratt 73 Hoouck N. York   " 1778 4 " Capt Brown Col Yates N.Y. Traditionary   June 1778 4 " — — Living Witness   May 1780 4 " — —   July 1781 3 " — —   1782 2 " — —   1 5 28  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
R. Mearns

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
See 3rd and report at back of this cover -
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abraham Zonda a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 8-10686
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1777 to 1782 Pvt Elish Russell John Knickerbocker N.Y.   he served Thomas Brown Peter Yates   at various Matthew Degarmo John Van Rensselaer   times Wilson   Vanderhoof  
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hooick, Albany Co. N.Y.  Date of application for pension, Sept. 19, 1832. His cl. was al  Residence at date of application, Broadalbin, Montgomery Co. N.Y.  Age at date of application, born in Waterkill, Albany Co. N.Y. Sept. 11, 1759.  Remarks: Not stated whether he was married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Note; I did not make mention of this man's being dropped from the rolls it was a scribble about length of service and he should have been restored. His name is found under these Colonels in N.Y. Archives. I just omitted length of service. An

State of New York Montgomery County ss On this twentieth day of September in the year 1832 personal appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of Montgomery County now sitting Edward Loudes a resident of Mayfield in said County and being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration that Jacob Loudes and William Strehling Loudes who are now applicants for a pension did serve in the Army of the was in the United States Service in a Company under the Command of Thomas Brown & in which his appointment was second Lieutenant as they the said William & Jacob have respectively stated in their said declaration excepting some particulars that he does not recollect but that they served the said time in the said declaration mentioned he has no doubt as he was in said Service about the same length of time stated by them and he well recollects their service and they were in said Service in his Company and that their statement is substantially correct.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the 20th September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
G. C. G. for Loudes

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. On this twentieth day of September 1832 appeared in Open Court Jacob Fonda & being duly sworn before said Court of Common Pleas now sitting in & for said county of Montgomery said Jacob Fonda being duly sworn saith that he has heard the declaration of the said Abraham  William Fonda read & that the same is substantially true as he believes. Though he does not recollect all the as set forth by the said Abraham  William but that the said Abraham  William did swear the terms he has therein stated he knows to be true from his own actual knowledge excepting some small part of the time when he was not with him. That he was with him most of the time mentioned in his said declaration now on file with the Clerk of said Court.
Jacob Fonda
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court this 20th Sept. 1832. Geo: D. Ferguson Clerk.

State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerk's office,
ss: I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Eldert Fonda and Jacob Fonda appeared at the last September term of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid & in open Court before the judges thereof known to the annexed affidavits to which their names are subscribed: And the said Court have directed me to certify to the War department, & I hereby do certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Eldert Fonda & Jacob Fonda are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 3 rd July 1833.
Geo. D. Ferguson

Payments to be made at New York by Mrs. W. B. M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4. Page 100 by J. C. Estlin Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Abraham Sonda of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy-Six dollars, and Forty-Two cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 1 day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John B. M c Leod
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

Y D Hargrave Esq
August 26 1834
G. C.
This copy was not discovered until after the other rough one was recorded G. T.

War Department Pension Office August 26 1834
Sir
A pension Certificate was issued to Abraham Fonda on the first November 1833 and to Jacob Fonda on the 23 d October 1833 and both transmitted to you as their agent; you are then for hereby informed that their pensions have been stopped by instructions this day forwarded to the pension agent at New York the declaration of Elda Fonda whose claim is suspended discloses the same character of the service upon which their pensions were admitted; They both alledge long and definite terms of uninterrupted service at Fort Edward in 1778 1779 1780 1781 & 1782. Jacob Fonda declares that  he entered Capt Brown's Company in the month of June 1779 and continued in service at Fort Edward till October except that he was out occasionally in scouting Parties. Abraham Fonda states that he went into service that year in the same company and served two months at Pallemtown and two months at Fort Edward but Elda Fonda who was a Lieutenant during the whole period in Capt Brown's Company in his accounts of the service of that year says that he was out four weeks at a time holding himself in readiness while at home to serve at a minutes warning. The Militia of which Capt Brown's Company was composed were out occasionally only for short tours varying from two to thirty days. The fact of being in readiness to serve at a minutes warning cannot be admitted for actual service the testimony of Elda Fonda in regard to the service of that year is discredited by his declaration referred to.

After a care full examination it is quite clear that the pensioners if entitled at all were not entitled to the extent for which they have been allowed — In order to be restored it will be necessary for them respectively to specify the dates of each term of actual service in a supplemental affidavit the place or places where performed and to sustain other allegations by other & satisfactory proof
G. D. Ferguson Johnson town N.Y.

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss
I Gerrit J. Brott of the town of Hoosick County and State of aforesaid being duly sworn says that this deponent was a captain of a company of Militia in Colonel Yates Regiment that in the month of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty since this deponent was called into service and was at a place called Palmertown and at Fort Edward and that Abraham Gordon of the town of Broad- albin but then residing in Hoosick was was with deponent at the abovenamed places in the service as appears from a pay roll kept by this deponent at that time and by which pay roll it appears it appears that the said Abraham Gordon entered the service on the 19 th day of October 1779. and left the service on the 26 th of the same month and further this deponent saith not
Gerrit J. Brott This 18 th day of September 1834
before me
Henry Patterson Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Gerrit J. Brott that he is a person of truth and veracity
Henry Patterson Justice Peace

State of New York county of Rensselaer ss I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the said county Do cer- tify that Harry Patterson Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily be- lieve his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 23 d day of September 1834
Henry R Bristol clk

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss
I Frederick Cendrich of the town of Hoosick County of Rensselaer and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Abraham Gonda who formerly lived in the town of Hoosick and who now resides in the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery and who is an applicant for a pension that in the year sixteen hundred and eighty nine this deponent was with the said Abraham Gonda in the Militia of the State of New York in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Yates at a place called Palmertown and went from that place to Fort Edward the time that the said Abraham Gonda was in the service at that time this deponent believes was about three weeks and this deponent further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of September 1834 before me Henry Patterson Justice of the Peace Frederick Cendrich Hoosick
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Frederick Cendrich and that he is a person of truth & veracity
Henry Patterson Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Rensselaer ss I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said County Do certify that Harry Patterson Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affi- davit to be his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 23. day of Septem- ber (1834)
Henry R. Bristol Clk H

State of New York Rensselaer County Town of Schaghticoke
came before me the under named justice of the peace of said County John Van Antwerp of said town by me personally known being duly sworn depose and saith that Abraham Fondy now a resident of Montgomery County and town of Broadalben in said State is by him personally known and knows he was in the war Malitia Service in the Revolutionary at several times to wit in 1780 at Fort George at Ticonderoga at Crown Point under the command of Col. Peter Yates making in that town fifteen days and in 1781 in August at Saratoga and also in October in the same year making about three weeks, and further saith not Subscribed and sworn
September 23 d 1834
John Van Antwerp
before me Levi Nelson Justice of the peace I certify the the above deponent to be a man of truth & veracity Levi Nelson Justice of the peace
St. L. New York

State of New York } County of Rensselaer } I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said county Do certify that Levi Nelson Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county That I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed thereto is his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand Seal of Office this 23 rd day of September 1834
Henry R Bristol Clk

Rensselaer County Town of Hoosick
ss. John Fort of Hoosick
Rensselaer county being duly sworn before me one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid - deposes and saith that he was a short time in the service of the revolution that he was well acquainted with Abraham Forde now of the town of Broadalbin but formerly of the town of Hoosick aforesaid - and that he will recollect seeing him in the service of the Revolution at a place called Palmertown & thinks it was the season after the capture of Burgoyne and further that he saith not. —
Subscribed & sworn before me this 20 day of September 1834 Jno. Jay Field Justice of peace
his John Fort marks
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John Fort the witness above named and believe him to be a Man of truth & veracity. —
Jno. Jay Field Justice
State of New York County of Rensselaer ss. I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said County Do certify that John Jay Field Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit was taken to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed thereto is his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 23 day of September 1834 Henry R. Bristol Clerk

State of New York County of Rensselaer Town of Schaghticoke
came before me the under named Justice of the peace of said County Peter Acker by me personally known being duly sworn deporeth and saith he is acquainted with Abraham Fonda and knows him to be in the wars in the revolution times of the united States of America as a private soldier to wit once saw him at Ft. George in the year of 1777. and in the same year once at Ft. Edward thinks he saw him at other times but not positive where and further this deponent saith not. Peter his Acker Subscribed and sworn mark Sept 23 d 1834 before me Levi Nelson Justice of the peace
I certify the above deponent is a man of Truth and varacity Levi Nelson Justice of the peace
State of New York County of Rensselaer G. P. Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the said County do certify that Levi Nelson Esquire before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 23 d day of September 1834
Henry R. Bristol Clerk.

Abn Ponda
act of June 1832
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

Abraham Fonda - under act of 7 th June 1832, pray to be restored &c
The Commissioner states in his letter of the 3 rd inst. that "if the Claimant received pay for military service after 1778, the Books at Albany would show it." On this point I am at issue with the Commissioner, for it is demonstrable that the Comptroller's Books are imperfect. They do not exhibit a full and perfect statement of all monies paid for military services of militia in the revolution even after 1778. But waiving this point, I am more particularly at issue with him on the points involved in the two following quotation from the same letter.
"If he received " no pay" he is not entitled to a pension &c There were many thousand tons of duty performed by militia men as volunteers & Indian spies, and who engaged in what were termed in the language of the day "scouting parties"; in search of Tories & spies of the British, for which undertaking for patriotic motives, they were not mercenary enough to ask pay for, and indeed 2/6 per day not thought worth looking after. There is an interesting revolutionary incident connected with the history of this city, which as it bears upon the

question before us Swiss state. A portion of the Oneida tribe of Indians, (the only tribe that sided with the Americans during the Revolution) were encamped for several years after 1778 on the hill skirting the East bounds of this City. They voluntarily engaged with parties of militia men from this District in the scouting tours aforesaid, on numerous occasions under the direction & direction too of noncommissioned officers from said militia, & yet no report was made of those tours & of course no pay received for them. Not the name of a single Indian is returned save those belonging to the Continental army. This fact can be proved if necessary by persons still living. And the law of 1832 expressly provides for volunteers & Indian spies. But it does not seem fair to confine us to proof for such service to the documents in the Comptroller's office. So neither as to tours of duty at the different forts. It is in proof that Genl. Van Brock for example, received large sums of money to pay the militia under his employ at Fort Paris & adjacent forts, in 1779, yet the names of all the individual militia men, do not appear from on said Books. Also Ronda served under Genl. Van Brock whose jurisdiction extended over Albany & Rensselaer Counties.
The Commission further says in said letter that Mr. Ronda "is unable to adduce any evidence of more than one or two months" The kind of evidence here intended is documentary . This we

readily admit, but in view of the facts above alluded to, does it seem to you to be equitable to all compel him to produce documentary evidence of his services, and allow him for such service only as can be proved by records known to be imperfect?
While on this subject, for it concerns an important principle on which other Militia cases which I have in hand turn, I wish to make this matter of the imperfection of the Comptroller's records appear beyond all cavil or dispute. I will adduce the case of James (or Jacobus ) Barhydt of Saratoga County, well & extensively known all over the United States as of trout-fishing memory. Mr. Barhydt, (and he is the only person I ever heard of who took the pains to do so) kept a journal of all his tours as a scout & hostler . He served on several occasions with Indians . All the proof of Barhydt's services as shown by the Comptroller's Books aforesaid did not exceed six weeks , and yet the Commissioner being satisfied of the correctness of his journal allowed him for about 18 months services. I am disposed to insist much upon this case. It clearly proves my position & cannot possibly be gainsayed.
As to Mr. Fonda he probably got too large a pension in the first instance, but for this no blame can attach to him. I wish you would represent these facts to the Commr & Soldiers.
G. H. H. S.

Amsterdam April 19. 1839
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you a number of Affidavits in the case of Abraham Fonda who has been discriminated - the Error in his declaration was made by his Attorney the old Gentleman says he never claimed for but 18 Mo. since which he has paid I think that will appear on examination he is an old man & ignorant - I hold his original certificate & as soon as it can be settled as to the amount of Service I will forward the certificate -
I am yours truly
H. J. Bleecker
Dear J. L. Edwards

M. J. Bovee Apr 21. 1837
J. C.
Recora (42) Page 154

War Department Pension Office Apr 21 1837
Sir The papers of Abraham Fonda where pension was referred to in your letter of the 17 th instant, when pension was suspended on the 26 th of August 1834 have been re-examined. The claimant stated in his original declaration that he had served four months in Capt Thomsen's Battery, Company in one town four months in another another company in one town four months in the year 1780 three months in 1781 and two months in 1782. Since the date of the suspension of the claim and pension the pay rolls of his company have been obtained from Albany, whereby it appears that all the service he rendered from the commencement of 1779 to the year 1782 was one month and twenty days. To sustain his claim to being restored when it must be satisfactorily shown by

a credible witness that the claimant found at least four months and ten days previous to the year 1779
How Mr J. Booe Amsterdam New York

State of New York Montgomery County ss
Personally appeared before me Allen Burr a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Abraham Fonda of Broadalbin who being duly sworn makes the following specification in order to be restored to a Pension - Said Fonda left the Town of Hoosie Albany County now Rensselaer County in the Year 1777 and went to Fort George under Capt. Elijah Russell and Col. John Knickerbocker and was out at that time one month in the Year 1778 went to Parmachown under Capt. Matthew Segarner, Capt. Willson and Capt. Vanderhoff - Col. Peter Gatys, and was out in that Year three tours of one month each, in the year 1779 in the Spring was at Lake Champlain and Crown Point and other places Capt. name cannot recollect John Van Rensselaer Lieut. Col. and and was out that time one month in the year 1780. 1781 & 1782 - was out at Fort George & Fort Edward under Capt. Brown and Capt. Bratt & Col. Peter Gatys and a number of short tours making in all at least 6 Months - deponent further says that he he has served at least eighteen months but his memory is so poor that he cannot give all the particulars - deponent further says that he received certificates for his Revolutionary Services to the amount of one hundred Dollars -
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 16 th day of October 1837 Broadalbin Montgomery County N.Y.
Abraham Fonda
Allen Burr Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Fonda and that his statement is entitled to full Credit
Allen Burr Justice of the Peace

State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's Office.
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Allen Burr, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Abraham Fonda purports to have been sworn, was on the date of the same a justice of the Peace in for said County: and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & Verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit & to the foregoing Certificate of Character of said Deponent is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office this 23. October 1837.
Geo: D. Ferguson Clk.
Dear Sir
Amsterdam Oct 28. 1839
I forward to you as specification in favor of Abraham Fonda who has been stricken from the Rolls. The old gentleman is undoubtedly entitled to some allowance from the General his estate in this specification that he is entitled to the amount of $100 for services rendered in the Redding War. I hope you will restore him in that say for $2 or 15 per I have no doubt but he is entitled to a Pension.
I am your friend Matthias J. Borne
Rev J. L. Edwards

Nov. 30, 1837
Y.C.
Record (116) page 104

Depart of War
Am Off
Mr. G. N. W. B.
Sir.
I have rec d the amended declaration of Abraham Fonda, and have placed it on file with the original papers. Upon the payment of Mr. Fonda's pension can be returned, even for a smaller amount than originally granted, the Dept will require some proof of service other than the oath of the claimant.
Yours
Hon M. J. Dowe Amsterdam NY
GL

Oct. 4. 1840
Abraham Landa
Pens. certificate
Dear Mr. J. Johnson Comt. of Pensions
FREE
Washington D.C.

FREE
Can. certificate
William Lloyd
4. 1840
Miss J. L. Edwards Comt. of Missions
Washington D.C.

Amsterdam April 1. 1840
Sir Endourd I send you the certificate of Abraham Fardoe or Abraham A. Fardoe you may raise an objection to the letter A. in his name - but I have no doubt it is the same man - and my reasons are these at the time I took took his affi- davit he stated to me that he recd. a certificate at one time for his services for more than $100 - I think you will find it in that affidavit - it is the same man I think I am yours respectfully
William J. Brouse
Wm J. L. Edwards
55 55 27.50 125  138.75
100 25 1250 125  138.75

Hon. J. Sanford March 3 rd 1843

Gen R March 3 rd 43
Sir
I have the honor to re- turn you Mr Blair's letter in the case of Abraham Fondy and to in- form you that no papers have been presented to this office since the date of my letter of 25 May 1840 to Mr. J. Boozee w th of which a copy is herewith enclosed
Hon J. Sanford W. R.
I cannot find the letter of May 25. 1840 referred to above

Application of Abraham Fonda to restored to the Pension List under the act of 7 th June 1832.
Giles H. Yates Atty

State of New York County of Fulton I ss:
Abraham Fonda of the village of Fonda's Bush in the Town of Broadalbin in said County, aged Eighty- three years and upwards, being duly sworn doth declare and say, that he cannot late period of his life, give a more full or perfect specification of his services in the war of the revolution than he has already, done - yet believing that he may not in his statements heretofore made, been as specific on some points as it is in his power to be, and having as he has reason to believe been made to say in his original papers that he served in particular years of the revolutionary war for a longer period not in the aggregate, but in particular towns or expeditions for a longer term than he really did, he now begs leave to submit the fol- lowing specification.
During said war he this Declarant resided in the town of Hoosick in the now County of Rensselaer. The first year he performed military service was the year 1777. He then belonged to the beat under the command of Colonel John Knickerbocker & Captain Elijah Russell. The next year there was a new arrangement of officers made - Peter Yates was chosen Colonel in the place of Col: Knickerbocker & Thomas Brown Captain - His brother Eldred was a Lieu- tenant in the Company to which declarant belonged. The officers last named continued in service till the end of said war.
In the year 1777, in the beginning of the summer of that year he this decla- rant marched with a detachment from his

Regiment to Fort Edward, from thence to Fort George & was at the last named fort when Ticonderoga was taken. After serving in this town one month , he was discharged at Fort Edward aforesaid. the one half of the militia from said Regiment having been on duty on this occasion; the other half were then called out, and served till Burgoyne's capture as Declarant understood and believes.
The next year 1778, in the beginning of the summer, in the harvest time & late in the fall of that year to wit three times, Declarant served with detachments of militia from said Regiment at Palmerstown , and according to the best of his recollection he served in each town not less than four weeks on an average. This Deponent on reflection is somewhat at a loss to say positively that his third town to Palmerstown was in 1778, it might have been in 1779. At one time he was under the immediate command of Captain Matthias De Grauw, at another under Captain Wilson & Van Denhoof from Schaghticoke. Majors Groesbeck & Alston had command at the same time.
In the year when Dora Pond was butchered by the Indians, he Declarant thinks in the spring of the year 1780, he performed military duty at Crown Point with a like detachment of militia from his Regiment aforesaid, at Fort Edward Fort George, Ticonderoga landing and at other posts on Lake Champlain, for the full term of one month in the whole. In this expedition they engaged for the purpose of intercepting the same.

of intercepting the enemy & preventing their descent upon the frontier settlements - which however they did effect in another quarter during said year last named both in the spring & fall of that year.
In the last of the fall & beginning of the winter of the said year 1780, Declarant served at Rosack in a temporary garrison on Col. Van Rensselaer's premises. The Company to which Declarant belonged was then under command of Thomas Brown Captain, was then were on duty on this occasion also detachments of militia from Scaghticote. The length of this term of service was One month . For this service this Declarant thinks he has never before asserted his claim. He received for this service a certificate from the State of New York signed by Banker then Treasurer of the State - as well as for his other services during the war as a private of militia. Said certificates a- mounted in the whole to forty pounds . Which certificates he sold after the said war & got his pay for them.
In the year (1781) & at the time when Cornwallis was taken - Declarant performed military duty at Saratoga. He remembers it was then from several cir- cumstances that occurred & rejoicings held on the occasion of receiving the news of the victory over Cornwallis. At this time he served one month . Col. Yates & Captain Brown were then & there in command.
This Declarant further saith - that he served four or five times at Fort Edward in addition to the times herein before specified - at Fort George two or three times, but Declarant is unable to

set forth in detail all the particulars of said tours, and cannot say for how many days he served in each, nor yet in what particular years or parts of years he perform- ed the service, save that each tour was this not less than two, nor more than six weeks. — Abraham T Tonda
Subscribed & sworn this 12 th
Mark
the day of April 1843
before me — and I certify that said Abraham Tonda cannot write his name, but makes his mark owing to deficiency of sight. —
Joseph Blair a Judge of Fulton County Court

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Fulton County Clerk's Office, }
I STEPHEN WAIT Clerk of the County of Fulton, do hereby certify, That
Joseph Blair whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed affidavit or declaration and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Judge of the County Courts in and for the county afore-
said, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I
am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said
county the 12 th
day of April
18 43
S. Wait Clerk

Apr 18 1843
My Dear Friend
Yours affectionately Abraham Lincoln Washington D.C.

Apr 18 1843
Mr. Abraham  Florida L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Mr. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sir. I send enclosed the application of Abraham Fonda to be restored to the Pension list under the act of 7 th June 1832.
He was originally a pensioner under said act with an annual stipend of $76 42 / 100 a larger pension than he claimed - as he stated only 18 months services, which would have limited his pension to $60 per annum. On the review which his and other claims underwent in 1835, his name was dropped from the Rolls until he could give a satisfactory detail of his services, or rather specification thereof. He informs me that he made one or two such specifications but he presumes not in a satisfactory manner, as he is a relative of mine, & pursuant to his special request I have elicited the facts set forth in the accompanying affidavit, which he thinks he might have made more full and specific, had he been questioned in the manner he now has been, when he first applied for a pension - but his memory does not now serve him sufficiently well, to recollect all the particulars of his Revolutionary services.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt
G. F. Yates
Albany April 14. 1843.

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Giles F Bates
May 19. 1840

Gen H May 19 1/3
(ii)
In the case of Abraham Fonda who applies for restoration to the pension roll under the act of 7 June '32, it appears that he served in '79 under Capt Bradt according to the roll in the possession of the of the witness 8 days, estimated by him at 28 days - and in his last declaration he asserts three terms in '78 under Capt Brown and estimated them at about 4 weeks ea - making an aggregate of service before '79 of 3 mos only. This will be allowed in addition to any service credited on the Compts Books - to his name in the regiment to which he belonged - when the books were in his all  the service traced after '78 was but 1 mo. 20 days - if he rec?
Giles F. Yates
certificates to the amount of $40 those Books will show the fact of the particular service for which they were issued -

Put Rev. War Section.
Om Mar. 9, 1917.
Mrs. John A. Welch, Care of the Supervisor, Mayfield, New York.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 26 th ultimo, you are advised that it is not the practice of this Bureau to send the same record twice to one person and you were furnished the history of the Revolutionary War pension claim of Christopher Hall, W.27,521. It is suggested that you request the return of your record from the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Seitzgaber Commissioner.

fell abs HARRY A. STEELE, CHAIRMAN GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y.
4 3/5 Postage recd
OK AWB
EGBERT T. CROSS, CLERK JOHNSTOWN, N. Y.
Stamps recd me
COUNTY OF FULTON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOHNSTOWN, N. Y.
OFFICE OF JOHN A. WELCH SUPERVISOR TOWN OF MAYFIELD
MAYFIELD, N. Y. Feb. 26 1917.
Pension Bureau. Washington. D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions, Sir.
Out Mar. 10.17
Will you kindly forward to me a copy of pension application made for services in Rev. War of Rhode Island line. He moved to Montgomery Co and then to Ellisburg Jefferson Co. N.Y. after Rev. War. Under year roll of year of 1833 and on pension list. I find this of Ariel Peck.
Pensioner From Jefferson Co.
Ariel Peck. Rank — sums. received re. annually. — commenced. — served Private — $96.00 — $326.86 — Rhode Island line
Placed on roll commenced.
April 23-1819. April 13-1818. aged 74 yrs.
His daughter and my great great grand mother was Sarah who m. 1st Christopher Hall. Rev. Sol. and 2nd James Benedict Rev. Sol.
Both Rev. War. soldiers & pensioners.

I wish to get complete data of Ariel Peck's application & date of his death and of widow drew it etc. Will pay for copy
I wish same of Christopher Hall who died in Broadalbin N.Y. [Fulton Co] and date of his widow death and payment to his children of back pension all data, and of same soldier, data of his Land and County Rights. Does it give place of his birth or any data. Former data was lost by our registrar or Miss Pierce Nat Registrar D.A.R.
The same data of application of Rev. War pension of Abraham Fonda of Montgomery Co. N.Y. He lived in what is now Town of Broadalbin and was called Fonda's Bush then. sent Mar 10, 1917
Rank ———— res. annually — Private — $76-42. —
Nov 1 - 1833 74 yrs.
And kindly oblige Yours Respect.
Mrs J. A. Welch.
Lock Box 599.
Mayfield. N.Y.
Please send data directed to John A. Welch. Superior Mayfield N.Y.

AW
Rev. War Section.
3-1885
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
March 6, 1917.
The Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D. C .
Sir:
For use in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.10686, you are requested to furnish the date of last payment of pen- sion of Abraham Fonda, Certificate No. 24116, issued Nov. 1, 1833, rate $76.42 per annum, to commence Mar. 4, 1831, under act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Steelgaber
Commissioner.

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
March 8, 1917
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of _____ the 6th instant you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at New York City the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Abraham Fonda, Priv., Army Rev. _____, certificate No. _____ 24116 at $76.42 _____ per annum  month to March 4, 1834, to Jacob A. Robertson, Attorney. Said pensioner resided in Broadalbin, Montgomery County, N. Y., for thirty-eight years, and previous thereto he resided in Rensselaer County, N. Y., but the date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
Asa A. Price
Auditor.
R
By
Deputy Auditor.

Rehran
10686
INVALID.
No. 10,686
Abraham Honda
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 1 th 82
Index: — Vol. A , Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917 Mar. 6. Aud. Int. for date of last payment, and 1917 Mar. 10. Reist. to Mrs. J. A. Welch, all